Personal Profile

A highly professional individual who is looking to utilise previous work experience and transferable skills to allow me to gain employment. I can communicate effectively with people on all levels and have an excellent understanding of the importance of remaining professional at all times. I can work well as part of a team or alone unsupervised and would be willing to undergo any training deemed necessary.

Key Skills

• Great communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Health & safety awareness
• Time management
• Flexible
• IT Literate

Employment History

Current Agency
Category C & CE Driver
My duties included the following:
• Daily checks performed at the start and end of each shift
• Collection and checking of CMRs
• Route planning taking in to account possible delays due to traffic and roadworks
• Planning of statutory breaks to work around deliveries
• Maintaining a professional standard when delivering
• Keeping up to date with all changes in laws affecting driver, vehicles and environment
• Tramping over several nights to complete long distance collections and deliveries
• Ensuring safe and secure parking to protect load
• Safe strapping of loads with appropriate restraints – including ratchet straps, load bars and chains
• Safe distribution of load to avoid overloading axles
• Use of manual and electronic records
• Containers (20,30,40 & 45) on movable skeleton trailers
• Curtainside – single and double height
• Box-body
• Experience of LHD and RHD in UK and EU
• Use of automatic and manual gearboxes

2021 – 2022 PD Ports (Teesside)
Category CE Driver
My duties included the following:
• As per Agency role

2021 Agency
Category C Driver
My duties included the following:
• As per above Agency role
• Spent 3 months sub-contracted to Hathaway Timber (JT Atkinson Group)
• Delivering timber to new home building sites and individual customers
• Area covered: Morpeth and Hexham to Hull and Huddersfield

2005 – 2020 Carer
As carer for my wife, I was responsible for the following duties:
• Managing a team of Carers to cover 24/7 care
• Attending all medical appointments with my wife
• Maintaining the family home
• Assisting her with all daily duties including washing, dressing
• Administering medication
This gained me a number of transferable skills including
• Sympathy and Empathy
• Organisational and management skills
• Dependable
• Adaptable

2004 – 2005 Leeds University
Tutor
My duties included the following:
• Preparing lesson plans
• Systems analysis and design of courses
• Creation of course support material
• Support students to allow them to complete daily tasks
• Keeping up to date with all policies and procedure

2002 – 2003 University of Durham
Tutor
• Duties as above in Leeds University

2000 – 2002 Protocol Teachers et al
Supply Teacher (Secondary School)
Covering teacher absences and holidays I was responsible for
• Preparing lesson plans
• Support students to allow them to complete daily tasks
• Keeping up to date with all policies and procedure
• Liaising with parents and other teaching staff

1999 – 2000 University of Durham
Tutor
Duties:
• Duties as above in Leeds University

Education and Training

2022 Metcalfe Farms
• ADR Classes 2,3,4,5,6,8 & 9

2021 System Group
• Cat CE driving licence
• CPC 25th June 2021
• Digital Tachograph Card
• L2 Driving goods vehicles
• L1 Warehouse and Logistics
• L1 Health & Safety